After years of city life, Tiller is finally ready to revisit the magical forest where she grew up. But the forest has turned deadly, and Tiller has no magic of her own. To survive, she’ll need a bodyguard. Tiller finds only one mage willing to escort her. A woman named Carnelian: a soldier with a... Continue Reading →
SPFBO Review: Wolf of Withervale by Joaquín Baldwin
Happy New Year from Colorado! In celebration, it's time for another SPFBO review! Lago was only a child when the shapeshifter entrusted the wolf-like mask to his care—an artifact so powerful that it could come to shape the entire world of Noss. Now that he is coming of age, Lago is becoming ever more fearful... Continue Reading →
Review: The Sapling Cage by Margaret Killjoy
Look at that coverrrr. Anyway, when I came upon this one I thought it sounded really interesting, and the audiobook was available to request on NetGalley and so off I went. So thanks to the author as well as Dreamscape Lore via NetGalley for the chance to listen to this one. Lorel has always dreamed... Continue Reading →
SPFBO Review: By Blood, By Salt by J.L. Odom
Next on the list of my SPFBO reads is this Military Fantasy. Not always my favorite genre, Esme usually grabs these ones, but in I go! Azetla has served the Maurowan Army for thirteen years. There are seven left to pay. A pariah and a debt soldier, he is a commander with no rank, a... Continue Reading →
Review: Nightstrider by Sophia Slade
I took one look at the cover of this one and jumped all over it. I just wish life had given me a bit of an opportunity to read it sooner than I did... -sigh- But, I always read my NetGalleys! Thanks to the author, as well as Orbit for the review copy. Wren is... Continue Reading →
SPFBO Review: Mushroom Blues by Adrian M. Gibson
This was the first SPFBOX finalist that was announced, and since I already had it on my kindle, with plans to read it because I had stumbled upon it and thought it sounded interesting, I decided to move it up on my TBR! Two years after a devastating defeat in the decade-long Spore War, the... Continue Reading →
Review: The Book of Atrix Wolfe by Patricia McKillip
Y'all, I've been meaning to read this book forever, and so when the 30th Anniversary Edition popped up on my NetGalley radar, I immediately requested it, because what better time than the present? So, thanks very much to the author as well as Tachyon via NetGalley for the review copy. When the White Wolf descends... Continue Reading →
Review: Somewhere Beyond the Sea by T.J. Klune
When I found out about this book existing (and I saw the cover for it at the same time, so you can imagine), I made such a squee noise, that my coworkers probably thought I was dying. So, when I had the opportunity to have a preview of it, I jumped on it. I did... Continue Reading →
Review: Confounding Oaths by Alexis Hall
This one took me a little longer to get to than I'd have liked, but I wanted to make sure that I read Mortal Follies before I started this one. I didn't realize that it was the second in the series when I requested it. Thankfully I really quite enjoyed Mortal Follies, and so I... Continue Reading →
Review: The Last Gifts of the Universe by Riley August
I picked up this one based on the description and the absolutely adorable cover, and thankfully I wasn't disappointed! Thanks to the author as well as Hanover Square Press for the review copy! A dying universe. A search for answers. An adventure at the end of a trillion lifetimes. When the Home worlds finally achieved... Continue Reading →